Why is 5'4 considered small for a woman online

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’8 and no one ever remarks on my height; I meet women as tall as me very regularly.

I'm also 5'8. I feel tall around other women but definitely agree that other people basically never comment on my height though it must have happened once or twice. When I'm around very small women who are 5' or less I feel gigantic but they're also the height of my high school children so I'm sure they probably have some issues with their own height.

I do think people notice 6' tall women a lot more. Men tend to feel intimidated by women that are taller than them. It's actually kind of interesting seeing men act so weird.

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'7 and feel average, not tall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'9" and I'm not an extreme outlier in my workplace or social groups - lots of women are around my height, though rarely taller. My sister is an outlier at 5'11".

I don't know who is included in the CDC average but I wonder if it's skewed by an older population (prior generations not as tall + older individuals shrinking).

Actually Americans are getting shorter. I just read an article about it recently. The trend towards growth is reversing.

That’s immigration from short countries.

No, it’s due to health factors and nutrition.

https://theweek.com/health/height-in-america-shorter-public-health

The fact they don’t even attempt to grapple with changing racial demographics in that article should have been a red flag for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'7 and feel average, not tall.

See, this is the problem: it doesn’t really matter whether or not you “feel” tall, that’s not how it works. You are well above average height - in other words, tall. People have trouble separating their personal feelings and opinions from actual scientific facts. I do think social media plays a role.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'7 and feel average, not tall.

This would be the average in my friend group as well. I'm 5'4ish and I am always the shrimp.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'7 and feel average, not tall.

See, this is the problem: it doesn’t really matter whether or not you “feel” tall, that’s not how it works. You are well above average height - in other words, tall. People have trouble separating their personal feelings and opinions from actual scientific facts. I do think social media plays a role.

LMAO at whoever keeps posting and insisting that average-height people should feel tall. You are short, and I am sorry that Wilhelmenia and Ford turned you down for runway work-- just do print, queen

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’8 and no one ever remarks on my height; I meet women as tall as me very regularly.

I'm also 5'8. I feel tall around other women but definitely agree that other people basically never comment on my height though it must have happened once or twice. When I'm around very small women who are 5' or less I feel gigantic but they're also the height of my high school children so I'm sure they probably have some issues with their own height.

I do think people notice 6' tall women a lot more. Men tend to feel intimidated by women that are taller than them. It's actually kind of interesting seeing men act so weird.

I'm 5'10" and there are so many more taller women in the DC metro. When I lived in other parts of the south east I was a giant. Most women were 5'3" -5'4".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'7 and feel average, not tall.

See, this is the problem: it doesn’t really matter whether or not you “feel” tall, that’s not how it works. You are well above average height - in other words, tall. People have trouble separating their personal feelings and opinions from actual scientific facts. I do think social media plays a role.

We are only one SD from the mean. We don’t feel particularly tall because we aren’t particularly tall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are woman's height being compared to male heights or extremely rare supermodels ?

If you look at statistical data the average height for a woman in the USA per the CDC is 5'3.5 . Also there is a theory online that white woman are huge , no the average white woman is only 1-2 inches than a Asian or Hispanic woman . The tallest country in the world dutch woman average 5'6-5'7 max not 5'9 lol .

I am a 5'4 woman and irl i dont feel small , when i wear 4-5 inch heels i am eye level with a lot of men . Most woman irl are 5'3 -5'5 not 5'6-5'8 lol this includes white woman as well .

I have a female cousins that are 4'11 and 5'0 now those woman are small not me .

Okey dokey.
It's all so subjective.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are woman's height being compared to male heights or extremely rare supermodels ?

If you look at statistical data the average height for a woman in the USA per the CDC is 5'3.5 . Also there is a theory online that white woman are huge , no the average white woman is only 1-2 inches than a Asian or Hispanic woman . The tallest country in the world dutch woman average 5'6-5'7 max not 5'9 lol .

I am a 5'4 woman and irl i dont feel small , when i wear 4-5 inch heels i am eye level with a lot of men . Most woman irl are 5'3 -5'5 not 5'6-5'8 lol this includes white woman as well .

I have a female cousins that are 4'11 and 5'0 now those woman are small not me .

It’s because men prefer a taller woman and a dating apps allow you to screen. Both men and women do it.

Men prefer taller women, who told you that? Most men prefer a shorter woman especially if they themselves are not tall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'9" and I'm not an extreme outlier in my workplace or social groups - lots of women are around my height, though rarely taller. My sister is an outlier at 5'11".

I don't know who is included in the CDC average but I wonder if it's skewed by an older population (prior generations not as tall + older individuals shrinking).

Actually Americans are getting shorter. I just read an article about it recently. The trend towards growth is reversing.

That’s immigration from short countries.

No, it’s due to health factors and nutrition.

https://theweek.com/health/height-in-america-shorter-public-health

The fact they don’t even attempt to grapple with changing racial demographics in that article should have been a red flag for you.

This. It’s obvious that the US has many more people from Latin American and Asian countries than it used to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'7 and feel average, not tall.

This would be the average in my friend group as well. I'm 5'4ish and I am always the shrimp.

I’m 5’4” and somehow feel like a giant among my work colleagues. They’re mostly 5’0” -5’2” women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Are woman's height being compared to male heights or extremely rare supermodels ?

If you look at statistical data the average height for a woman in the USA per the CDC is 5'3.5 . Also there is a theory online that white woman are huge , no the average white woman is only 1-2 inches than a Asian or Hispanic woman . The tallest country in the world dutch woman average 5'6-5'7 max not 5'9 lol .

I am a 5'4 woman and irl i dont feel small , when i wear 4-5 inch heels i am eye level with a lot of men . Most woman irl are 5'3 -5'5 not 5'6-5'8 lol this includes white woman as well .

I have a female cousins that are 4'11 and 5'0 now those woman are small not me .

It’s because men prefer a taller woman and a dating apps allow you to screen. Both men and women do it.

Men prefer taller women, who told you that? Most men prefer a shorter woman especially if they themselves are not tall.

East Asian here our average height is 1-2inch below American women average, yet when I was dating all the requirement posted by men included desirable height of 5’6” +

So I had to target extremely tall men so they can’t distinguish 5’2” from 5’5” from up there 😆

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'7 and feel average, not tall.

See, this is the problem: it doesn’t really matter whether or not you “feel” tall, that’s not how it works. You are well above average height - in other words, tall. People have trouble separating their personal feelings and opinions from actual scientific facts. I do think social media plays a role.

DP, but I think it does matter what she feels. I feel short at 5'4", and I have every right to feel short. If people have the right to feel this or that gender, or dress this or that way, or choose to be vegan or carnivore, people sure have the right to feel tall or short.

[Anonymous]

Race and ethnicity matter. I'm a White American of mostly Swedish and Norwegian descent, and I'm 5'4. My family considers me short. Most of the women in my family are 5'7-5'9. However, I married into a Latino family and I'm taller than all of my female in-laws. DH is 5'9, and he came to my cousin's wedding, and she (my cousin, the bride) is 6'2 and towered over both my husband and her groom, who is Jewish.